Number 12 of 1989

SOCIAL WELFARE (NO. 2) ACT, 1989

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Number 12 of 1989

SOCIAL WELFARE (NO. 2) ACT, 1989

Unemployment assistance — couples.

1.—Section 12 (as amended by section 25 of the Social Welfare Act, 1988) of the Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1985, is hereby amended—

(a) by the substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection:

“(1) In the case of a couple both of whom are entitled to be paid unemployment assistance, the total amount payable to them pursuant to Chapter 2 of Part III of the Principal Act shall not exceed the amount which would be payable if only one of them was entitled to be paid unemployment assistance and the other was an adult dependant, and each of them shall be entitled to be paid one-half of the amount which would be payable to him if the other were his adult dependant.”, and

(b) by the insertion after subsection (3) of the following subsections:

“(4) Where one of a couple is entitled to disability benefit, unemployment benefit, injury benefit, disablement pension, old age (contributory) pension, old age pension, retirement pension or invalidity pension and the other is entitled to unemployment assistance, the total of the amount payable to them by way of such benefit or pension, as the case may be, and such unemployment assistance (in this subsection referred to as ‘the relevant amount’) shall not exceed the total amount of benefit or pension, as the case may be, or the total amount of unemployment assistance, whichever is the greater (in this subsection referred to as ‘the greater amount’), that would be payable if only one of the couple were in receipt of benefit, pension or unemployment assistance, as the case may be, and the benefit, pension or unemployment assistance included an increase in respect of the other as his adult dependant; and, if the relevant amount would but for this subsection exceed the greater amount, the amount of unemployment assistance payable to the spouse who is entitled to such unemployment assistance shall be reduced by the amount of the excess.

(5) In this section ‘couple’ means a married couple who are living together or a man and woman who are not married to each other but are cohabiting as man and wife.

(6) In subsection (4) of this section ‘spouse’ means each person of a couple in relation to the other.”.

Certain claims.

2.—(1) A person who, on or after the 9th day of May, 1989, claims or has claimed, in respect of a period before the passing of this Act, unemployment assistance of an amount to which he would not be entitled if section 12 were applicable shall be entitled to be paid such assistance only in accordance with section 12.

(2) (a) A person who has not, before the 9th day of May, 1989, specifically claimed, in respect of a period before the passing of this Act, any additional amount for unemployment assistance being an amount to which he would not be entitled if section 12 were applicable shall not be entitled to be paid the additional amount.

(b) In paragraph (a) of this subsection “claimed” means claimed in writing from the Minister or claimed in proceedings instituted against the Minister in any court.

(3) In this section “section 12” means subsections (1), (4), (5) and (6) of section 12 (as amended by this Act) of the Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1985.

Non-recoverability.

3.—An amount properly paid to any person before the passing of this Act by way of unemployment assistance which as a result of this Act would be recoverable by the Minister shall not be so recoverable.

Short title, construction and collective citation.

4.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1989.

(2) The Social Welfare Acts, 1981 to 1989, and this Act shall be construed as one.

(3) The collective citation “the Social Welfare Acts, 1981 to 1989” shall include this Act.

Uimhir 12 de 1989

AN tACHT LEASA SHÓISIALAIGH (UIMH. 2), 1989

RIAR NA nALT

Uimhir 12 de 1989

AN tACHT LEASA SHÓISIALAIGH (UIMH. 2), 1989

[An tiontú oifigiúil]

Cúnamh dífhostaíochta — lánúineacha.

1.—Leasaítear leis seo alt 12 (arna leasú le halt 25 den Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1988) den Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh (Uimh. 2), 1985—

(a) tríd an bhfo-alt seo a leanas a chur in ionad fho-alt (1):

“(1) I gcás lánúin a bhfuil an bheirt acu i dteideal cúnamh dífhostaíochta a íoc leo, ní rachaidh an méid iomlán is iníoctha leo de bhun Chaibidil 2 de Chuid III den Phríomh-Acht thar an méid a bheadh iníoctha sa chás nach raibh ach aon duine amháin díobh i dteideal cúnamh dífhostaíochta a íoc leis agus gur chleithiúnaí aosaithe an duine eile, agus beidh gach duine acu i dteideal leath an méid a íoc leis a bheadh iníoctha leis dá mba é an duine eile a chleithiúnaí aosaithe.”, agus

(b) trí na fo-ailt seo a leanas a chur isteach i ndiaidh fho-alt (3):

“(4) I gcás duine de lánúin a bheith i dteideal sochair míchumais, sochair dífhostaíochta, sochair díobhála, pinsin míthreorach, pinsin seanaoise (ranníocach), pinsin seanaoise, pinsin scoir nó pinsin easláine, agus an duine eile a bheith i dteideal cúnaimh dífhostaíochta, ní rachaidh iomlán an méid is iníoctha leo, ar mhodh an tsochair nó an phinsin sin, de réir mar a bheidh, agus an chúnaimh dífhostaíochta sin (dá ngairtear‘an méid iomchuí’san fho-alt seo) thar an méid iomlán sochair nó pinsin, de réir mar a bheidh, nó an méid iomlán cúnaimh dífhostaíochta, cibé acu is mó (dá ngairtear ‘an méid is mó’san fho-alt seo) a bheadh, iníoctha sa chás nach mbeadh ach aon duine amháin den lánúin ag fáil sochair, pinsin nó cúnaimh dífhostaíochta, de réir mar a bheidh, agus go raibh méadú i leith an duine eile mar a chleithiúnaí aosaithe ar áireamh sa sochar, sa phinsean nó sa chúnamh dífhostaíochta; agus i gcás gur mhó, murach an fo-alt seo, an méid iomchuí ná an méid is mó, déanfar an méid cúnaimh dífhostaíochta is iníoctha leis an gcéile atá i dteideal an chúnaimh dífhostaíochta sin a laghdú de mhéid na breise.

(5) San alt seo ciallaíonn ‘lánúin’ lánúin phósta atá in aontíos nó fear agus bean nach bhfuil pósta le chéile ach atá ag maireachtáil i bhfochair a chéile mar fhearchéile agus banchéile.

(6) I bhfo-alt (4) den alt seo ciallaíonn ‘céile’ gach duine de lánúin i ndáil leis an duine eile.”.

Éilimh áirithe.

2.—(1) Duine a éilíonn nó a d'éiligh, an 9ú lá de Bhealtaine, 1989, nó dá éis, i leith tréimhse roimh dháta an Achta seo a rith, cúnamh dífhostaíochta de mhéid nach mbeadh sé ina theideal dá mbeadh alt 12 infheidhme, ní bheidh sé i dteideal an cúnamh sin a íoc leis ach amháin de réir alt 12.

(2) (a) Aon duine nach ndearna, roimh an 9ú lá de Bhealtaine, 1989, i leith tréimhse roimh dháta an Achta seo a rith, aon mhéid breise i leith cúnaimh dífhostaíochta a éileamh go sonrach ar méid é nach mbeadh sé ina theideal dá mbeadh alt 12 infheidhme, ní bheidh sé i dteideal an méid breise a íoc leis.

(b) I mír (a) den fho-alt seo ciallaíonn “a éileamh” a éileamh i scríbhinn ón Aire nó a éileamh in imeachtaí a tionscnaíodh in aghaidh an Aire in aon chúirt.

(3) San alt seo ciallaíonn “alt 12” fo-ailt (1), (4), (5) agus (6) d'alt 12 (arna leasú leis an Acht seo) den Acht Leasa Shóisialaigh (Uimh. 2), 1985.

Neamhinghnóthaitheacht.

3.—Aon mhéid a íocadh go cuí le haon duine roimh dháta an Achta seo a rith ar mhodh cúnaimh dífhostaíochta a bheadh inghnóthaithe ag an Aire de thoradh an Achta seo, ní bheidh sé inghnóthaithe amhlaidh.

Gearrtheideal, forléiriú agus comhlua.

4.—(1) Féadfar an tAcht Leasa Shóisialaigh (Uimh. 2), 1989, a ghairm den Acht seo.

(2) Forléireofar na hAchtanna Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1981 go 1989, agus an tAcht seo mar aon ní amháin.

(3) Folóidh an comhlua “na hAchtanna Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1981 go 1989” an tAcht seo.